Barrett joins SFF jury
Directors Shirley Barrett and Yonfan (Hong Kong) have joined the jury for the Sydney Film Festival’s Official Competition.
They will judge the 12 films under the direction of jury president Jan Chapman, working with the director of the Sundance Film Festival, John Cooper, and a fifth jury member yet to be announced.
Barrett’s latest project, South Solitary, will premiere on June 2, opening the festival. It will be released by Icon on July 29.
The director’s 1996 Love Serenade will also screen, as part of the Deluxe/Kodak film preservation program (June 12).
Yonfan’s Prince of Tears – Hong Kong’s entry for the 2010 Academy Awards – will also premiere at the festival on June 9.
The wining film will be announced on closing night, June 14.
The 12 films are:
• Four Lions, Dir Christopher Morris
• Heartbeats, Dir-Scr Xavier Dolan
• How I Ended This Summer, Dir-Scr Alexej Popogrebski
• If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle, Dir Florin Serban
• The Killer Inside Me, Dir Michael Winterbottom
• Life During Wartime, Dir-Scr Todd Solondz
• Lola, Dir Brillante Mendoza
• Moloch Tropical, Dir- Prod Raoul Peck
• The Tree, Dir-Scr Julie Bertucelli
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Dir-Scr Apichatpong Weerasethakul
• Wasted on the Young, Dir-Scr Ben C. Lucas
• Women Without Men, Dir Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari